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Karl Bodmer

Design for a Plate

1825–93
Pen and black ink, over black chalk on blue paper
31.1 × 29.8 cm (12.2 × 11.7 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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